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...impossible to picture the kind of life with which we would be perfectly satisfied. By Heaven we mean that ultimate end of human endeavor which we hope to be good; it lies beyond death; it is that elusive ideal of which we are forever in quest. Another great question is whether the soul is conscious in after life of its former existence...
...this question and a great opportunity is open to a man who wants his life to count for something. To enter forestry a man needs to be perfectly sound, capable of hard work, both with his hands and head, and needs a long training. A forestry life does not mean great wealth, but it does mean a fine, manly, and wholesome life and a great benefit to the country. Indeed, there is no other line of work in which the satisfaction of life is so great...
...essay, "A Plea for Leisure," recognizes a real need in college life that is often lost sight of in our discussions of three-year degrees, and incentives to work. "Leisure," the author says, "means a time for quiet reading, thinking and talking." Emphatically it does not mean a time of stagnation. Neither is it time taken away from study. A boy entering college is at a very impressionable, formative period. We, the teaching force, should find means to stir him intellectually, to rouse his ambition to do, and should also give him time to think, for all the new ideas...
This change does not mean that Oxford University has changed its requirements. All who wish to follow the ordinary curriculum must pass the Responsions in Greek before they can offer themselves for any examination which presupposes Responsions. The Responsions are the first of the three examinations for the Oxford degree. American students who pass the qualifying examinations in Latin, Greek and mathematics will be exempt from Responsions henceforth...
Owing to the fact that Dartmouth defeated three of the five teams in the intercollegiate league, the winning of today's game would mean the championship of the league. Provided Harvard wins today the championship may depend on the result of the Yale game on Saturday, in which case a defeat would cause a tie with Dartmouth...